This may seem ludicrous, but then stranger things have been done with
the Wiimote.  Sometimes when I have several long things to read, either
on the web or in PDF, I plug in my Xbox360 gamepad and enable it with
the mouse preset[1].  However, controlling the pointer with a joystick
is too awkward for general use, such as web surfing, or controlling a
media player.

Anyone out there use a gamepad for non-gaming activities?  It would
probably turn out that custom mappings wouldn't make it much less
awkward for web browsing, but what about as a remote for media players
(including browsing the library of music/video files)?  I suppose MythTV
and XBMC would be the best options?

Also, feel free to reply with comments, and not just direct answers. :)

--Aidan


[1] The actual command I use is `xboxdrv --mouse'
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